Nigeria considers imported syringes ban despite dwindling local capacity

production.To this end, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control production.To this end, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , said it has halted approvals for further syringe imports. NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency was given the last import order in December 2023 with the instruction that they should begin to source from local manufacturers thereafter.

While the duo called for a ban, the country has been unable to meet local demand for years, even when Nigeria had eight recognised medical equipment manufacturers. Once a thriving hub for syringe and needle manufacturing in Africa, Nigeria has seen the closure of most of the syringe factories, with Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company being the latest casualty in December 2023.

In a statement signed by NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, the Health Minister reaffirmed the determination of the federal government to provide the necessary support to the local manufacturing sector. Eighteen years after the Federal Government approved the development of seven Inland Dry Ports across the country, only two are operational. According to the Nigerian Shippers’ Council , the two functional IDPs are the Dala Inland Dry...

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture has described as commendable the clearance of a $7 billion foreign exchange backlog by the Central Bank of Nigeria . Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Local Content, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has urged the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation , Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to help facilitate access to global markets for Nigerian businesses...

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